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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 109

Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 3:30 p.m. to 5:25 p.m.

Room 310, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Presiding

Michael Levitt, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Acting Members present

• Daniel Blaikie for Hélène Laverdière (NDP)

• Blake Richards for Ziad Aboultaif (Conservative)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Allison Goody, Analyst

• Brian Hermon, Employee of the Library of Parliament

Canada’s Sovereignty in the Arctic

Witnesses

Center for Strategic and International Studies

• Heather Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic

As individuals

• Michael Byers, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia

• John Higginbotham, Senior Fellow, Carleton University and CIGI

• Adam Lajeunesse, Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Arctic Marine Security, Mulroney Institute of Government, St. Francis Xavier University

• Suzanne Lalonde, Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, the Committee resumed its study of Canada’s sovereignty in the arctic.

Michael Byers and Suzanne Lalonde made statements and answered questions.

At 4:25 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:32 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Heather Conley, by videoconference from Washington, D.C, Adam Lajeunesse, by videoconference from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and John Higginbotham made statements and answered questions.

At 5:22 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:24 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

Committee Business

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

It was agreed, — That, in relation to the study of Canada's Global Engagement on Human Rights Issues, Particularly Through the United Nations and its Agencies, the travel proposal budget in the amount of $ 100,000 to $ 150,000, for the Subcommittee on International Human Rights travel to Geneva, Switzerland, in Winter 2019, be adopted and presented to the Subcommittee on Committee Budgets.

At 5:25 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Erica Pereira

Clerk of the Committee